Snowflakes are shredding the skies in dark whirls
Holy bull, 467 reviews ? Boy, it's been ages since a movie got so many reviews so fast.
Let me tell you that I still have not put a rating as I start to write this review. I'll see how it comes. I wanted to talk about that last, but fuck it. You have ambition. I don't really know who I am talking to, since Godlimations only seemed to have animated it. Alright, you guys have ambition. Because even though the animation is far from being top notch, you still dare (uhuh) depicting big ideas and stories. Like on Vorago (now I know Josh didn't work on that). And I respect you for that. This is rare to see animators who dare here, whenever they treat a somewhat opinion-heavy idea, they turn it as a joke. You did not, you showed what you wanted, without irony.
Let's talk about the basics now. You put a language subtitles selection feature, which seems to be trendy these days. You might know I am refering to raitendo's crazy game. I wouldn't have talked about it actually if the translations were not that bad (sorry but they are). This is google-translated, the grammar is often wrong, some sentences don't make sense, and others didn't feel natural at all. This is only a feature, I would have chosen english but I wanted to see how you guys handled this. I finally came back to english because it distracted me from the main movie, but since it's only extra-icing, a bonus feature, this is not that important.
Okay, the story. You know, I had this feeling it would be crap when I saw the preview pic on the top 5 of the day and the name. "DARE" ? And a man putting his arm around girl ? Ole ! Clichés and photographies. But I wanted to see what the guy who made Vorago could do. Of course Josh made the story, which changes everythng and make them interesting, though an animator wouldn't work for a story he loathes.
I didn't really bother about the beginning. Not that it wasn't great, but it looks you like you wrapped it up fast to make a quick and efficient introduction to the main character's story to come. And suddenly this girl, with the self-explanator "I dare you to move". And well mister I thought it was going to be one of these ass-lame movies about love they do so bad here. Nice twist I think with the Tsunami. Not great but nice. I guess we were meant to find this emotional, call my heart a stone, I was not. But the intention was good.
I can't say much about his mother dying, and being dead afterwards indeed, it's not cliché, not bodaciously original too, it is an alright continuation, real, it can happen to anyone. Nice move. NOW, you would have thought someone was going to talk about that right. If I remember, godlimation is christian, or maybe not. That doesn't matter. I'd lie if I told you I wasn't surprised to see all of sudden this church, this bible, all the religious aspect appearing at once like that. And I lie if I told you it was not an easy twist. I admit that I am atheist, and more, I have a strong loathing towards religion. But I must be impartial. And I think that giving away a vision of live such as this is really well, I said that word enough times, daring. You are not afraid to show your opinions, in a society claiming itself liberated, there are more taboos than ever. People are evevn frightened to talk their ideas on a website ! It's crazy. Nice job about that.
Now I will finish by review all the other aspects. Something went bad, it's the random computer writings on the drawings. On the gravestone. Or when he has his revelation. You should have write it yourself to look real, it felt amateur and patchwork. But the texts appearing in the illumination work, because even though they go fast, you can read such words as "Lord" or "Father" which is the purpose. The animation is not crazy as I stated, but it's decent enough not to be distracted by (as one would if it were poor). The song though, not my taste. It's bad I'd say, but, I am too tired to review it.
So, I strongly hesitate between a 6 and a 7. 7 is the first good rating, 6 is the beginning of "bad". Oh come, 7.
Have a good day !